Milan Records recently announced the January 14 release of BELLE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK – ENGLISH EDITION), an English language version of the Original Soundtrack for the recent highly acclaimed film from Mamoru Hosoda, BELLE.
Soundtrack Details
The soundtrack includes original vocal songs written and arranged by Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell and Yuta Bandoh as performed in the film by both Suzu and her virtual persona Belle, as well as original score music also written by the trio and Grammy-nominated composer Miho Hazama. The album includes English versions of vocal tracks originally performed in Japanese, newly recorded in English by Kylie McNeill, who voices Belle in the English dubbed version of the film.
Additionally, the film’s main theme and album opener “U” was written and performed by groundbreaking Japanese act millennium parade led by Daiki Tsuneta, and two of the vocal tracks and recurring themes throughout the film, “Lend Me Your Voice” and “A Million Miles Away” also feature lyrics co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The English album was produced by Taisei Iwasaki and supervised by Taka Chiyo alongside the team of composers and in collaboration with GKIDS and NYAV Post.
BELLE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK – ENGLISH EDITION)
TRACKLISTING –
- U – millennium parade, Belle*
- Whispers – Kylie McNeill*
- Slingshot – Miho Hazama, Taisei Iwasaki
- Memories of a Sound – Taisei Iwasaki
- Blunt Words – ermhoi
- Gales of Song – Belle*
- Fleeting Days – Ludvig Forssell
- Swarms of Song – Belle*
- Alle Psallite Cum Luya – Ryoko Moriyama, Sachiyo Nakao, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Michiko Shimizu, Kaho Nakamura
- Fama Destinata – Belle*
- Dragon – Yuta Bandoh
- Justin – Yuta Bandoh
- Unveil – Yuta Bandoh
- Digital Ripples – Ludvig Forssell
- Dragon’s Lair – Yuta Bandoh
- Lend Me Your Voice (draft) – Kylie McNeill*
- Social Warfare – Ludvig Forssell
- Assault – Yuta Bandoh
- Lend Me Your Voice – Belle*
- #UnveilTheBeast – Ludvig Forssell
- Authority and Arrogance – Ludvig Forssell
- Scorching the Façade – Yuta Bandoh
- The Truth Obscured – Ludvig Forssell
- Lend Me Your Voice (humming) – Bentley Griffin
- Distrust – Ludvig Forssell
- A Million Miles Away – Belle*
- Pieces of the Puzzle – Ludvig Forssell
- Faces in the Rain – Kylie McNeill*
- Skies of Song – Ludvig Forssell, Kylie McNeill*
- A Million Miles Away (reprise) – Belle*
*Denotes vocal track
BELLE Synopsis
From Studio Chizu and director Mamoru Hosoda comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.
Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious “beast” and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.
BELLE was released in theatres in Japan from July 16, 2021. The original Japanese Edition of the soundtrack garnered over 20 million streams globally since its July 2021 debut. The film is set to premiere theatrically in both its original Japanese language and English dubbed version on Friday, January 14 via GKIDS.
Source: press release
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